Ventilating window



March 8, 1938. w. MARSHALL VENTILATING WINDOW Filed oct. 25, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 8, 1938. w MARSHALL n 2,110,337

VENTILATING wrNDow Filed oct. 25,' 1955 Y s sneet's-sneet 2 March 8, 1938. w. MARSHALL l 2,110,337

VENTIIJATINGI WINDOW Filed oct. 25, 1935 s sheets-sheet 3 Patented Mar. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT orifice VENTILATIN G WINDOW Application October' 23, 1935, Serial No. 46,298

8 Claims.

This invention relates particularly to that type of Ventilating windows for vehicle bodies or the like, especially door or side Windows of automobile bodies, wherein it is desirable to swing or pivotally adjust a window pane or glass panel in a horizontal direction within the window opening to provide a Ventilating window through which air may be exhausted from the body.

An object of the invention is to provide a ventilating window of the foregoing type wherein the adjustable glass panel may be raised and lowered and also moved, when raised, into pivotal relation to the stationary frame of the window to permit swinging movement thereof into and outr of Ventilating position.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved regulator mechanism having a single manual control for raising andlowering the glass panel and for swinging it into and out of ventilating position.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following description and appended claims when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary front elevation, partly broken away, of the inside of a vehicle door embodying the invention with the Window in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation, partly broken away, of the inside of the Vehicle door shown in Fig. 1 with the window in Ventilating position.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substann tially along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the window glass in Ventilating position.

Fig. 5 is' a broken vertical section taken substantially along the line 5-5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a section, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 5 6 of Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 1 -l'.

Fig. 8 is a detail horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 8 8 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary horizontal detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along the line 9-53 of Fig. i.

Before explaining in detail the present invention it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseoiogy or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, and it is not intended to limit the invention claimed herein 5 beyond the requirements of the prior art.

In the drawings there is illustrated, by way of example, a front door of an automobile having a window glass mounted therein and adapted to be raised and lowered by regulator mechanism and to be swung by the regulator mechanism vinto Ventilating position after the glass has been fully elevated. In the construction shown, the door is hinged at its forward edge and is provided with latch mechanism adjacent its rear edge.

As shown in the drawings, the door comprises a front pillar 2li having an upper rearwardly inclined portion 2 l, a header 22 and a rear pillar 23. The front and rear pillars, together with the header, define a window opening which is adapted to be closed by a glass panel 2t. The edges of the glass 24 are confined by a continuous metal channel frame comprising a front portion 25, a rear portion 26 and upper and lower connecting portions 21 and 28, respectively. The regulator mechanism for operating the glass includes a metal channel member 29. The channel 29 carries a rubber weather strip or seal iQ having an external flange or lip ma, which engages the outer face of the metal `frame portion 28 (Fig. 5). 30-

The lower portion 23 of the window frame is provided with a bracket or strap 35i secured to the frame, as by welding, which has a longitudinal guide slot to receive a headed upright stud or pin 3l which is secured to one end of a link or crank member 32. To theopposite end of the crank is connected the upper end of an upright rotatable shaft 33, the shaft being secured to the glass retainer or channel 29 by means of a U-haped bracket member 3d having a cylindrical bearing 34a through which the shaft 33 passes. The bracket member 313 is preferably secured to the retainer or channel 29 by means of spot Welding, as shown in Fig. 5. lThe lower end of the shaft 33 is bent at an angle to the vertical portion thereof and this lower end extends outwardly at 35 to engage in a cam slot formed in a part of the regulator mechanism, as hereinafter dem scribed. The mechanism and associated parts extend into the well 36 of the door, this well being formed in any conventional manner by the inner door panel 3l, garnish molding 38 and outer panel 39.

The window regulator for raising, swinging the glass 24 may,

lowering and in many respects, be

` to engage and slide upon Yintermeshing gears 42and 43 or runway 51.

of anysuitable construction. In the present instance, by way of example, itV comprises a mounting plate 40 secured by means of screws 4I inside of the door. The plate 40 carries a pair of which are journalled on the plate by means of pivots 44 and 45, respectively. The gears are operated through a pinion 46 on a shaft 41 to which is attached the usual crank handle 48. Secured to the pivot 44 isa swinging arm 49 and secured to the pivot 45 is another swinging arm l),V these arms being adapted to be Vswung in opposite directions upon rotation of the gears. l

Secured to the outer end of each of the arms is a stud or button-like device `5I having a shank which is riveted to the end of the arm. Depending from the glass retainer or channel 29 is a pair of spaced bracket members 53 preferably secured to the retainer by spot Welding, each provided. 52 for the heads of with a runway or guideway the studs 5l. Thus, when the arms are moved the studs travelling in the runways raise or lower the window glass dependent vupon the direction in which the arms are moved. The forward arm 49 is, as shown, enlarged adjacent its connection with the glass panel and is provided with a cam portion which may be substantially triangular in shape. The forward corner or portion thereof is provided with a cam slot 54, theouter partof the cam portion, beyond the cam slot, being offset or bent at 55 to'providera finger 56 which, as best seen in Fig. 5, is oifset from the plane of the cam portion of the arm 49.

Located within the window well and secured to the front door pillar 20 is a vertical glass channel Secured to the rear pillar 23 is a glass channel or runway 58. At the forward end of the retainer 29 there is provided a guide member shown as a whole at having an outer face or plate 60 which is adapted thefelt linedchannel 51. The guide 59 is fastened to the end of the member 29 by means of gusset plates 6l which are preferably spot welded to opposite sides thereof.' The opposite end of h is providedwith a corresponding guide member nel 59. The members 59 52 secured thereto through the medium of a corresponding gusset plate 63; The face plate 54 of `this guide member engages and is adapted to slide upon the felt lined face of the guide chanand 62 servey as guides for the glass when it is being lowered into the well or elevated therefrom and prevent longitudinal tilting or shifting of the glass.

The molding 38 and outer panel 39are cut away 'e at38a and 39a., respectively (seeFig. 6) to permit suitable weather stripping the passage of the mechanism for swinging the glass into Ventilating and non-Ventilating positions.

Referring particularly lto Figs. 3, 4, 5, and '7,

' is provided for' sealing the window opening around the upper edge or portion 21 of the glass frame and at the front and rear portions 25 `and 26, respectively, thereof. This weather stripping, as. shown, is formed of rubber or other compressible material 65 and may be formed in a single piece or strip. It is provided with an external flexible flange or lip 65a which is adapted to engage the outer face of the glass frame along the upper edge and front and rear edges thereof. The weather or sealing strip 65 is preferably removably secured within the frame surrounding three sides of the window opening and, as shown, has a stifening member or channel 66 embedded in the base portion thereto the 59, this guide member the retainer member 29` of (see Figs. 5 and 7). Thus it will be seen that, except for a cut-away portionproviding clearance for the arm 32, the frame for the window glass 24 is entirely surrounded by a rubber sealing strip or strips provided with a surrounding or marginal flange or flanges which engage the marginal frame of the glass to provide a relatively tight `joint when the glass is elevated and in nonventilating position. The weather stripping provides means for effectually sealing the window opening when the glass panel is in closed position. Referring particularly to Fig. 7, it will be seen that the rear portion 26 of the glass frame is provided with a flanged metal guide strip or member 19 having its base portion secured to the edge of the frame 26 in any suitable manner, as by means of spot Welding. The guide has an offset inwardly extending guide flange 1l which is adapted to enter and slide within a U-shaped groove or guide channel 23a. formed in the upright metal finish stripr or garnish molding secured tothe rear pillar 23. The panel portion 200 may be formedintegrally with `the metal-of the'pillar `and the concealedchannel 23a'provides'a relasaid brace permits adjustment of the glass horizontally. The `guide 1I will travel out of the guideway 23al whenthe'window glass is fully lowered into the well. When theglass is moved into elevated position the flange 1| entersuthe groove or channel 23a and when the glass is` swung into Ventilating position as shown in Figs.

2 and 4 the parts 1l and 23an cooperate to provide a hinge or vertical pivot for the rear edge of the glass 24.

30, 3l holds the glass firm-` ly in upright position, while at the same time The operation of the Ventilating window is subf stantially as follows: When the window is raisedthe regulate-1` arms 49 and 59 will swing upwardly toward each other, the cam action ofthe studs 5I in the guideways 52 effecting the elevation of the glass. Upon reaching its fully elevated position, the guide ange 1l of the metal stripA or member 10 will be wholly located within the guide channel 23a. and thereby provide both a` brace and a hinge at the rear edge of the glass panel. In this position the regulator arms 49 and 50 are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 with the Vterminal or free end 35 of the shaft or crank member33 located within the cam slot 54 and inengagement with the cam portion orv inner edge a. of the offset finger 56. If it is `desiredto` produce a Ventilating slot or opening atI the forward upright edge of the glass when in ele-'- vated position, the operating handle 48 is rotated further inA a counter-clockwise direction; which' causes the cam' surface 56a to ride over the'free end 35 of the shaft or crank member, thus rotating the shaft and shifting the link 32, causing the pin k3| to travel in the slot of the bracket 30 from its forward position therein, as shownin Figs. 1, 3, and 6, to its rear position, as shown in Fig. 4. During this movement of the parts the glass is shifted laterally or inwardly about its release-ble hinge or pivot (1I, 23a) to produce` the Ventilating slot or opening |90. Withthe glass in this position, as the vehicle moves for-4 wardly, air is withdrawn by suction from within the body, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4.

When it isdesired to close the Ventilating opening the operating handle 48 is rotated in a clockwise direction, causing the arms 49 and 50 to move outwardly away from one another with their studs travelling in the guideways 52. During this movement, the free end 35 of the crank member 33 is engaged by the cam portion or surface 9a at the rear edge of the cam slot 54, causing the shaft 33 to be rotated and shifting the crank 32 so as to shift or slide the pin or stud 3l along the strip 36 from its rearmost position of Fig. 4 to its forward position of Fig. 3, thus closing the glass panel. Now, if it is desired to lower the glass 24, the clockwise rotation of the operating handle 48 is continued, whereupon the free end 35 of the rotatable shaft 33 rides out of the cam slot 54 and the arms 4S and 50 continue their outward and downward movement to lower the glass. During this movement of the glass the guide members 59 and 62 function to prevent tilting of the glass. When the window glass is raised, the free end 33 of the rotatable shaft for shifting the window glass laterally or horizontally enters the cam slot 54 just prior to the completion of the upward closing movementof the glass panel.

I claim:

1. In a vehicle door having front and rear pillars defining a window opening, a. glass panel slidable vertically in said opening and also movable laterally about a pivot at one upright edge of the glass, said pivot comprising a guide along said edge of the glass and an interlocking channel therefor in a pillar extending the major height of the window opening and terminating at the locality of the window sill.

2. In a vehicle door having front and rear pillars defining a window opening, a glass panel slidable vertically in said opening and also movable laterally about a pivot at one upright edge of the glass, said pivot comprising a guide along said edge of the glass and an interlocking channel therefor in a pillar extending the major height of the window opening and terminating at the locality of the window sill, said guide being arranged to slide into and out of said channel when the glass is fully raised and lowered.

3. In a vehicle door having front and rear pillars defining a window opening, a glass panel slidable vertically in said opening and also swingable laterally about a pivot at one upright edge of the glass, said pivot comprising a guide along said edge of the glass and an interlocking channel therefor in a pillar extending the major height of the window opening and terminating at the locality of the window sill, said guide projecting from the edge of the glass transversely to the plane thereof.

4. In a vehicle door having front and rear pillars defining a window opening, a glass panel slidable vertically in said opening and also swingable laterally about a pivot at one upright edge of the glass, said pivot comprising a guide along said edge of the glass and an interlocking channel therefor in a pillar extending the major height of the window opening and terminating at the locality of the window sill, said guide being arranged to slide into and out of said channel when the glass is fully raised and lowered and being offset inwardly from the plane of the glass.

5. In a vehicle door having front and rear pillars defining a window opening, a glass panel adapted to swing laterally in said opening about a pivot at its rear upright edge, said pivot comprising a channel in the rear pillar entirely at the inner side of the glass and a guide along the edge of the glass projecting inwardly and flanged transversely to the plane thereof and fitting into said channel when the glass panel is elevated.

6. In a vehicle body having a window frame provided with a window opening, a framed glass panel for completely closing the window opening adapted to be raised and lowered within said opening and to be shifted laterally when in elevated position to provide a ventilating opening at the forward edge of the glass, said window frame having a fixed guide channel formed in the rear upright portion thereof adjacent the window opening, and a movable guide member carried by the framed glass panel at the rear edge thereof slidable into and out of engagement with said fixed guide channel and providing a pivot for said framed glass panel when the glass is in elevated position whereby to permit horizontal swinging movement of the glass and guide member relative to said guide channel into and out of ventilating position.

'7. In a vehicle body having a window frame provided with a window opening, a framed glass panel for completely closing the opening and adapted to be raised and lowered within said opening and to be shifted laterally when in elevated position to provide a ventilating opening at the forward. edge of the glass, said window frame having a fixed guide channel formed in n the rear upright portion thereof adjacent the window opening, and a movable guide member carried by the framed glass panel at the rear edge thereof, said guide member having a partcooperable with and slidable into and out of engagement with said guide channel and providing a pivot for said framed glass panel when the glass is in elevated position whereby to permit horizontal swinging movement of the glass and guide member relative to said guide channel into and out of ventilating position.

8. In a vehicle body having a window frame provided with a window opening, a framed glass panel for completely closing the opening and adapted to be raised and lowered within said opening and to be shifted laterally when in elevated position to provide a ventilating opening at the forward edge of the glass, said window frame having a fixed guide channel formed in the rear upright portion thereof adjacent the window opening, a movable guide member carried by the framed glass panel at the rear edge there- WILLIAM MARSHALL. 

